Alfred H. Miles, ed. The Sacred Poets of the Nineteenth Century. 1907.
By Songs of Day and Night. I. God Near and FarAlexander B. Grosart (1835–1899)
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Yet none Who is so near;
Eternity is His abode;
But lo! I find Him here;
Within my heart—that by His grace
He chosen has for dwelling-place.
Yet none Who is so near;
O how it lighteneth our load,
And stilleth ev’ry fear!
To look upon the Earth and sky,
Assur’d that God is ever nigh.
Yet none Who is so near;
For He Who this Earth’s acres trod,
Wipes still the falling tear;
Altho’ His Throne is far above,
He liveth yet, Incarnate Love.
Yet none Who is so near;
The Universe shakes at His nod,
But guiltiest needs not fear;
“My Lord, my God,” doth see the B
And His great Covenant stands good.
Yet none Who is so near;
Far mightier than Moses’ rod,
Is the great rod of prayer;
Upheld within the hand of F
Sure-fulfill’d is all “He saith.”
Yet none Who is so near;
For lo! ’twixt Heav’n and Earth the R
Uniteth sphere and sphere;
In light of light the great God dwells,
But visiteth in lowliest cells.
Yet none Who is so near;
Eternity is His abode;
But lo! I find Him here;
Within my heart—that by His grace
He chosen has for dwelling-place.